有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰
yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ , ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣ
Simplified 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
- 1lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
- 2fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect
- 3well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it